Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
Take an xacto knife, heat blade and cut out the back of the pci-e x8 slot and slam a regular vid card in there.
Will work fine with an X8 signal
That is exactly what I was planning as well. Many motherboards with an extra PCIe 16x slot are made that way as well, with the only difference there being the physical x16 slot available. The only thing I am worried about is the amount of current the x8 slot can deliver. I wouldn't want to throw a mid-end GPU in there (IE 4650/9500GT) since it uses nearly all the power a x16 slot supply. That would be way over the specs of a x8 slot. I'd only use low-end cards and high-end cards with an extra power connector.